Air in the Brake lines
11-23-2006, 12:19 PM
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Air in the Brake lines
Was wondering if air in the brake lines would cause the VSA light to stay on? Dont say tranny b/c I already know. I changed out the brakes yesterday and teh pedal is still pretty spongy. Does this mean that there's air in the lines???
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11-23-2006, 01:24 PM
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Did you change the caliper? Did you try and bleed them for any reason? If you did not it is not air in the barkes. Unless you opened the lines for any reason.
11-23-2006, 01:33 PM
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whatelse would cause a spongy pedal if new pads, fluids full, no air in lines??? BTW Happy thankgiving guys!!! We should probably be w/ our families rather than writing up quick posts! haha
11-23-2006, 05:46 PM
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So I should bleed the brakes right? But like you said before I didnt try to bleed them or change a caliper...just the pads. What would cause air to get into the lines other than the prior mentioned? Thanks for your help man.
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11-23-2006, 05:52 PM
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Wht did you use to push the piston back in? Did you damage the rubber on it if so then you might have contamination in the system. Is there a slow creep or just spongy?
11-23-2006, 10:57 PM
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we used the old brake pad w/ a C-clamp. What do you mean by a slow creep? When I first got the car I could barely touch the pedal and I'd feel it slow down, now I'm going in about half way on the pedal to feel the slightest. I know I can stop I just dont like the feeling of pretty much pushing it through the damned floor to know I'm stopping.
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11-24-2006, 10:20 AM
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Weird... you shouldn't have a spongy pedal from replacing just the pads...
11-24-2006, 10:43 AM
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trying to do what I can so I can eliminate options on what it could be. If any of you read my last post about how the throttle got stuck in WOT and when I was slamming the brakes to stop it, I lost pedal pressure and now I'm trying to get it back. Thats what I think is making the VSA light stay on, not my tranny b/c it works fine.
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